European Tax Awards 2018: Open for submissions
Companies and firms can now enter for the European Tax Awards 2018.
Entry information is available in the
links below and all submissions should be sent to sonja.caymaz@euromoneyplc.com.
This year, for the first time, we are
also accepting submissions for awards from firms in the GCC and Africa.
The closing date for submissions
is Friday February 9 2018. The awards will be presented during a dinner
at the Savoy in London on Thursday May 17 2018 in these categories:
§ National tax (29 jurisdictions) and transfer pricing (27 jurisdictions) firm of the year
§ European Tax Firm of
the Year (no separate submission form – award will be judged according to
the national submissions)
§ European Transfer
Pricing Firm of the Year (no separate submission form – see above)
§ European
Tax Disputes Firm of the Year
§ European
Indirect Tax Firm of the Year
§ European Deal of the Year in 11 industry
sectors or practice areas
§ European
Tax Policy Firm of the Year
§ European
Tax Compliance & Reporting Firm of the Year
§ European
Tax Technology Firm of the Year
§ European
Tax Innovator Firm of the Year
§ European Court of Justice Firm of
the Year – direct tax
§ European
Court of Justice Firm of the Year – indirect tax
§ Best
Newcomer (international tax practice <5 years since formation) (no
separate submission form – award will be judged according to the national
submissions)
§ US Tax Firm of the
Year in Europe (no separate submission form – award will be judged according
to the national submissions)
§ Editors' Choice – who
has made the biggest impact on tax in Europe in 2017? Awarded by the
editorial staff of International Tax Review and TP Week.
In addition to the awards for the best
tax and transfer pricing firms in 29 jurisdictions or regions, the ceremony in
2018 will again feature the presentation of separate awards to company tax
departments, who can enter to be named the direct tax or indirect tax in-house
team of the year. To win they must compose a 500-word description of their
objectives for the 2017 calendar year and how they were achieved, highlighting
areas where the work done by the team made a significant impact on the overall
goals of the company.
§ European
In-house Team of the Year - direct tax
§ European
In-house Team of the Year - indirect tax
§ European
In-house Team of the Year – transfer pricing
Deals
There is a separate submission form for the 11 deals
of the year awards:
§ Banking;
§ Capital markets;
§ Consumer products;
§ Energy;
§ Financial services;
§ Joint ventures;
§ Media and
entertainment;
§ M&A;
§ Private equity;
§ Restructuring; and
§ Telecommunications
and technology;
Any firm that worked on any of the tax aspects
of the winning deals will receive an award.
Methodology
Between December 2017 and February 2018,
law firms, tax advisers, accountants and other tax service providers from the
following jurisdictions can submit three examples of their best work for consideration
for the national tax and transfer pricing awards:
Africa; Austria; Baltic States
(Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania); Belgium; Central and Eastern Europe (Bulgaria,
Czech Republic, Romania, Slovak Republic and Slovenia); Cyprus (no TP award); Denmark;
Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Luxembourg; Malta
(no TP award); GCC; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal;
Russia; South Africa; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; UK and Ukraine.
The awards for European Tax Firm of the
Year, European Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year, US Tax Firm of the Year in
Europe and Best Newcomer (international tax practices of <5 years) will be
judged from these submissions.
There are separate submission forms for
the European regional awards covering tax disputes, indirect tax, tax
compliance and reporting, innovation and tax technology.
The awards will be judged according to:
§ Size (Not
conclusive, though it does indicate what a tax team is capable of taking on);
§ Innovation (Did the advice
the firm gave show something more than the straightforward answer that is
commonly used? Did the matter address tax issues that were out of the ordinary
and what ingenuity did the firm show to solve them?); and
§ Impact (What effect
did the matter have on the client's business? Was it transformative? What has
the conclusion of the matter enabled the client to achieve?)
If you wish to attend the awards dinner
in London on May 17, please get in touch with Melanie Petch (E: mpetch@euromoneyplc.com, T: +44 207 779 8836)